Judges 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Then the lord

Exodus 3:12

Joshua 1:5

Acts 18:9

It repented

Their groanings

Exodus 2:24

2 Kings 13:4

Psalm 12:5

General references

Psalm 106:44

Amos 7:6

Bible References

Then the lord

He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

It repented

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.

Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!

Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.

If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

Their groanings

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

General references

Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.

The LORD relented concerning this: "This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.